May 18 Putin's Return? To What? On February 24, 2022, Russia’s forces launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. That same day, many Russia watchers found May 18, 2022 13 min read
Jan 05 Economic Issues in Emerging Markets As requested on Twitter, here is my syllabus: Course Schedule Concepts of Economic GrowthReading: Eva Szalay, “Pound Is Becoming an Jan 5, 2022 4 min read
Dec 31 A quick note on inflation and price controls I am a loud and proud member of "team transitory"—I’ve argued that the recent spike in the Consumer Dec 31, 2021 10 min read
Nov 15 Adolph Lowe and the Political Economy of the Traverse Daniele Tavani and Luke Petach have a working paper out that has become one of my favorite readings for the Nov 15, 2021 10 min read
Nov 01 In Memory of Janos Kornai: The Contradictions of a Surplus Economy Janos Kornai passed away on October 18, 2021, at 93. Kornai was an extraordinarily interesting economist and a sharp critic Nov 1, 2021 9 min read
Oct 15 A Bank Run on Supply Chains? Supply chains are mainstream news now! Before last summer, it seemed that supply chains problems were just the domain of Oct 15, 2021 11 min read